8" disc sander from small Delta band saw

I made this disc sander from an old 12” Delta band saw, the three wheel type. all of the parts with the exception of the box and fence were parts from the band saw. Even the 4 star knobs on the side were part of the old saw.. It works great, runs at 1750 rpm and only took about 1 1/2 hours to make from start to finish..I don’t have he fence adjustable for angled work, just set at a solid 90 degrees to the disc. I figured this was good use of an old tool that was not doing me any good just laying around… the box and fence were made of 3/4” cabinet grade plywood that I had left over from another project… Papa

I just use PSA discs from the local big box. they are available in 6” 8” and even in some stores 12”. I am thinking about making a thin plastic cover for the disc and gluing it to the wood with contact cement.. I think the old PSA discs would come off the disc easier than they do the wood. ...Papa

The sander works very well, I was worried about the wood disc coming off the wheel from the band saw, as the only way I could figure to adhere it was with a good coat of contact cement. So far there seems to be no problem. it runs nice and true and almost zero run out. I am considering making a new fence that would allow me to angle the fence to the disc, but as yet don’t need one that does. When I do, will give it a try. Only problem is I have two extra wheels and three left over knobs to find a use for.. lol…. Papa

Make 2 more disks and hook them all up with a pulley system to the one motor. Than you would have 3 different grit sanding disks set up and you could move from one to the next with out having to change the sanding disks.

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Onlyjustme, that would be a great Idea, but I barely have enough room for the one, have to put it away somewhere when on in use.. that would be really cool though, could have three different grits, go from rough to finish without changing anything.. nice idea, first I need to figure out how to make my shop twice as big.. haha …. papa

Make the shop bigger? Nothing a few lumber jocks and say $10,000 couldn’t solve. lol Where the $10,000 comes from? Maybe hold one of them dinner things that the presidential nominees do to raise money. only need one person to come at $10,000 a plate. lol

-- In the end, when your life flashes before your eyes, will you like what you see?